VPIphotonics at OFCNFOEC 2010

Come and visit us at Booth 927!

• Feature Presentations
• Meet VPI Experts
• R&D Activities
• VPItransmissionMaker & VPIcomponentMaker v 8.5
• VPIlinkConfigurator v 3.1
• University Program

• 40Gb, 100Gb and beyond: Multilevel Modulation Formats, Coherent Detection and DSP
  VPIsystems experts will discuss design aspects of 40 and 100Gb/s transmission systems. This includes options for generating multilevel modulation formats such as (D)mPSK, mQAM, and OFDM, pro's and contra's for using direct and coherent detection as well as requirements on optical and electrical components. The usage of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) to mitigate impairments resulting from transmitter/receiver influences, fiber propagation, optical bandwidth and noise limitations will be demonstrated.

• Dynamic Network Reconfiguration and EDFA Transients
  VPIsystems experts will illustrate the impact of dynamic traffic changes on system performance from adding/dropping and switching channels using the new 'transient simulation environment' available in VPItransmissionMaker. Different control schemes for EDFA transients will be discussed. The impact of power loops in Ring architectures will be illustrated.

• Cost-optimized Equipment Configuration
  The configuration of optical transmission links requires consideration of many trade-offs to optimize performance while minimizing costs. The presentation shows how to capture innovations as link design rules and equipment libraries to help application engineers respond to RFQs by configuring equipment based on brown and green field requirements. Detailed customizable reports (such as system performance, BOM, equipment utilization) will be generated.

• Aggregation, Optical Access and RF-over-Fiber
  Requirements for the delivery of analog and digital services in access networks including FTTx/PON and wireless backhaul will be discussed. Predicting network performance requires modeling impairments resulting from QAM distortion ingress, SRS, SBS and others. Various examples of access topologies and high dynamic range systems will be shown, for instance the usage of reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers (RSOA) in PON-ONUs.

• Tunable Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits
  Photonic Integrated Circuits technologies (PICs) feature a large variety of complex multifunctional elements. VPIsystems experts will present design applications for novel tunable lasers and PIC devices such as integrated SOA-EA modulator, InP or LiNbO3 I-Q modulator and Tunable Distributed Amplification DFB (TDA-DFB) laser. Designs include the modeling of carrier dynamics, nonlinear effects or tuning dynamics, among other.

• Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers
  An introduction into the theoretical background of modeling Er/Yb doped or co-doped fibers for amplification and lasing will be explored. Examples of designs for Er/Yb co-doped fiber amplifiers, cladding pumped high power lasers and pulsed fiber lasers will be presented. Automated Raman pump optimization in light of realistic fiber propagation characteristics will be discussed.

Learn more about current VPI's R&D activities! VPIphotonics partners with public research institutes, industry and universities to develop advanced solutions for the design and optimization of future photonic networks. These activities range from components design to network planning.

• VPI-100
  

  The purpose of the VPI-100 project is to develop new modeling functions enabling the analysis, design and optimization of next generation transmission systems with data rates of 100Gbit/s and beyond. VPIsystems experts will discuss modeling constraints and development plans related to this project. VPI-100 is part of the Celtic initiative 100-GET (100 Gigabit Ethernet Transport Technologies).

• FTTX-PLAN
  

  VPIphotonics collaborates with atesio, ZIB and HHI in the framework of the FTTX-PLAN project to develop new simulation tools for the design, optimization and deployment of FTTx Networks for current (GPON, GEPON, 10GEPON) and future (WDM PON, OCDMA) PON technologies. The automatic analysis and validation of complex FTTx topologies will be carried out live during exhibition hours!

• REALM
  

  VPIphotonics partners with Acreo, HHI and others to develop realistic models for high-speed electrical and opto-electrical components based on both analytical models and laboratory measurements. Performance of 40Gb/s DPSK and 60Gb/s coherent PolMux 8PSK systems obtained using simulation or measured in the lab will be compared.

VPIsystems is pleased to preview Version 8.5 of its market-leading Photonic Design Automation suite VPItransmissionMaker & VPIcomponentMaker providing many new modeling features, improved usability and advances in design process and data analysis compared to the previous version.

Version 8.5 offers enhanced capabilities for BER estimation of systems with DmPSK-type modulation formats, as well as significant modeling advances for OFDM systems, network transients, WDM-PONs, and Photonic Integrated Circuits. Among the advances in product's usability are improved Search and Quick Find functionalities and enhanced control of multiple (possibly remote) simulation servers.

VPIlinkConfigurator is a versatile software tool for optical link engineering including automatic equipment placement and configuration and a thorough system wide performance assessment. This tool enables the rapid turnaround of network design tasks, product application requests and RFQs. In addition, uniform results, across an organization, are ensured through the use of controlled equipment libraries and link design methodologies.

Version 3.1 provides powerful link modeling capabilities using sophisticated, patented algorithms in conjunction with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. It supports equipment configuration of complex network topologies. Interconnected links are shown in a detailed two-dimensional topology display. The product's powerful link modeling capabilities ensure that designs comply with all physical layer design rules and are cost optimal, taking into account available equipment choices. Monitor points placed along the link help to extract information on goals and actual performance. Bill of Materials and performance reports are automatically created in a customizable format. A powerful API allows for virtually complete control of the link design process and performance assessment using familiar programming tools and integration with other applications.

VPIsystems supports 140+ universities and non-profit research centers around the world to simulate lab experiments, perform classroom demonstrations, and investigate new designs. The VPIsystems University Program offers academic software licensing and training discounts, flexible licensing options and course material development.

Photonics Curriculum v 5.0

With the Photonics Curriculum our partners receive a free package of course material including lecture notes and laboratory exercises for academic programs. The curriculum is designed to teach the basics of Photonics using VPIsystems modeling and analysis tools. The material consists of individual modules that are customizable and extendable. The latest version 5.0 contains 15 course modules with new laboratory exercises for VPItransmissionMaker & VPIcomponentMaker v 8.0 and higher.

Free Simulator – VPIplayer™

Sophisticated simulation setups can be exported from VPIphotonics optical equipment design suite, easily distributed as dynamicDataSheet™ (dds), and run in the free simulator VPIplayer. This empowers R&D engineers or teachers to present their ideas to colleagues, customers or students who have less specialized technical knowledge, and no need for detailed design and simulation software. VPIplayer comes with a fully featured photonic simulation engine and generates results on flexible data analyzers. Interactive settings allow adjusting parameter settings via predefined sliders.

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